All Episodes 1992 - 2022

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News and features about woodworking tools, techniques and projects

Window and wall treatments for dramatic designs

Season 20 starts off with these free standing tool cabinets

Scroll saw work and decorative wood inlays in furniture.

Balustrades and Newel Posts

Segmented turning a bowl with Bill Sands of Codger Lodge and turning a segmented box with Susie Phillips.

Scott builds a 7 drawer spice box and installs a Photo Voltaic array!

Simple, affordable kitchen renovations

New woodworking ideas for every home

Clever wooden cabinets with easy to use hardware

Affordable solutions with reclaimed woods.

Building outdoor garden benches and pergolas.

Making things to simplify shop tasks. Revolutionary new clamping designs.

Relaxing skill building cutting projects

Window and Wall Bracket Accents.

Scott builds a shaker style secretary

Maple and Diamond wood serving ware

Handcrafted tiles and rich marble recreate an heirloom

Wooden miniatures that are intriguing gifts

Featuring mahogany chippendale carvings

Basic turning skills combine with rich hardwoods

Mini office organizing table

Clever tool tote features two built-in storage drawers

Affordable solutions to everyday woodworking challenges

Bandsaw curves join together for a sturdy occasional table

Willow column cabinet - any room can be enhanced

The ultimate recycled hard maple portable bench

Bending wood the easy way for the perfect useful table

The pen is beautifully crafted with dyed plywood and has an inertia design that produces the pen point with a quick shake, while the opposite end serves as a stylus for your iPad. Also made with plywood is a peppermill designed with a pump and grind mechanism for ease of use and charm that will add beauty to any kitchen table.

Spindle turning, or turning between centers, is a woodturning method that uses a piece of wood on a wood lathe that is being turned on its center axis. The couple provides step-by-step instructions to make beautifully sculpted, sanded to perfection candle creations out of majestic walnut wood.

Woodcarvings are created in this episode, a Wind Spirit, Flying Horse Weather Vain and a 3-dimensional Moose Walking in the Woods. Scott repurposes reclaimed walnut wood and utilizes a selection of woodcarving hand tools to create the Flying Horse & northern white cedar wood to carve the whimsical Wind Spirit. Guest Jim Foster stops by to show Suzy how to paint on carved wood for a life-like look.

Learn how to frame those favorite pictures, souvenirs and such with Scott and Suzy as they show us how to make heirloom frames. Utilizing southern yellow pine, the team frames the beautifully painted Moose Walking In the Woods from the previous Spirit Carvings episode. The piece turns out beautifully and will add rustic charm to any room in your house. Also, Jim Foster stops by for gnome carving.

A beautiful broken arch wall cabinet is designed out of walnut wood with complimenting maple wood in this episode of American Woodshop. Scott visits Lisa Sager, owner of Cloud9 Creations to watch her create a breathtaking stained glass insert for the cabinet. Scott adds LED lighting to the cabinet that showcases the glass landscape with a soft glow, adding dimension to the piece.

Scott creates unique boxes out of various species of wood, and notes the importance of keeping all the wood grains running in the same direction, and adds, “let the wood dictate the shape of the piece.” All boxes are one-of-a-kind, lathed turned and buffed to a beautiful soft shine.

Formed with 38 perfectly sanded slats, held together with 80-pound fish line, and adorned with jewelry beads, this basket will make a statement at any picnic. Scott provides tips on using the drill press, a spindle sander, the art of wood steam bending and the best stains to use that will hold up in the elements while crafting this one-of-a-kind work of art.

Scott and Suzy use an old table leaf purchased for just $5 to create this new corner shelf based on an antique, century old piece they discovered and use as the pattern for their “new” piece. Made of mahogany, this Chippendale influenced sculpted and hand scrolled work of art comes alive and makes a beautiful addition to any room.

Made from varying maple woods, this drop-leaf table, also known as a butterfly-table is durable and stunning. Hinged gatelegs support the table and add functionality and ease of storage to the overall table design. The finished piece is sanded to perfection and dipped in a Cherry Danish Oil finish.

Beautiful, durable and perfectly sculpted, this chair will provide comfort for those long, lazy summer afternoons in your garden. In addition, Scott provides tips on the most durable woods to use for outdoor furniture and sites white oak as a great option as properly finished with oils that include UV blockers, will last 3-5 years depending on sun exposure.

Making handcrafted bed accents from century old pine

Scrolling Brackets for Door Ways, carving Weather Vanes and Totem Accents.

Through-Pegged Mortise and Tenon Joints. Miller Sawmill tour.